State roster

Top names in New Mexico

The names most likely to appear on 1990 New Mexico birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,702 New Mexico births in 1990 across 843 distinct names.

Distinctively New Mexico

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Mexico more than they say America.

#66Isaiahoutside the national top 200
#56Dominic#188 nationally
#83Adriannaoutside the national top 200
#86Joeoutside the national top 200
#93Gilbertoutside the national top 200
#94Marcosoutside the national top 200
#95Tamaraoutside the national top 200
#28Desiree#125 nationally
#40Monique#133 nationally
#29Felicia#121 nationally
#93Renee#184 nationally
#63Adriana#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica276US #1
#2Amanda275US #4
#3Ashley263US #2
#4Samantha178US #5
#5Brittany150US #3
#6Stephanie150US #7
#7Nicole138US #13
#8Sarah120US #6
#9Amber115US #15
#10Crystal105US #39
#11Victoria105US #33
#12Vanessa98US #56
#13Jennifer97US #8
#14Elizabeth92US #9
#15Kayla89US #14
#16Megan86US #11
#17Danielle85US #18
#18Lauren84US #10
#19Rebecca84US #21
#20Kimberly78US #31
#21Christina76US #25
#22Melissa75US #20
#23Alyssa73US #27
#24Tiffany73US #23
#25Heather69US #19
#26Erica66US #36
#27Michelle66US #22
#28Desiree64US #125
#29Felicia64US #121
#30Chelsea63US #24
#31Maria63US #47
#32Rachel63US #16
#33Cassandra62US #49
#34Andrea60US #40
#35Laura59US #29
#36Monica58US #76
#37Alicia56US #54
#38Courtney56US #17
#39Jasmine51US #28
#40Monique51US #133
#41Sara51US #34
#42Hannah50US #30
#43Jamie49US #55
#44Emily46US #12
#45Angelica45US #119
#46Kelsey45US #32
#47April44US #73
#48Erika44US #74
#49Natasha44US #105
#50Angela43US #52
#51Mary43US #35
#52Alexandra42US #37
#53Amy42US #38
#54Jordan42US #59
#55Marissa42US #87
#56Miranda42US #112
#57Katherine41US #26
#58Brianna40US #61
#59Veronica40US #96
#60Lisa39US #64
#61Jacqueline38US #67
#62Melanie37US #86
#63Adriana36US #144
#64Caitlin35US #50
#65Gabrielle35US #99
#66Kristen35US #42
#67Kelly34US #41
#68Sabrina34US #118
#69Anna33US #45
#70Kristin33US #65
#71Shelby33US #100
#72Ariel32US #94
#73Briana32US #109
#74Brittney32US #44
#75Krystal32US #104
#76Alexis31US #66
#77Patricia31US #97
#78Brenda30US #123
#79Erin29US #43
#80Kendra29US #117
#81Lindsey29US #51
#82Valerie29US #129
#83Adrianna28
#84Alexandria28US #95
#85Bianca27US #84
#86Christine27US #62
#87Kathryn27US #57
#88Leah27US #82
#89Olivia27US #72
#90Candice26US #147
#91Breanna25US #113
#92Kaitlyn25US #78
#93Renee25US #184
#94Deanna24US #159
#95Tamara24
#96Whitney24US #60
#97Julia23US #83
#98Shannon23US #68
#99Taylor23US #46
#100Audrey22US #161

Boys

#1Michael352US #1
#2Joshua296US #4
#3Christopher285US #2
#4Matthew274US #3
#5Daniel222US #5
#6David208US #6
#7Andrew198US #7
#8Justin197US #9
#9Joseph181US #10
#10James168US #8
#11Ryan162US #11
#12Robert156US #13
#13Anthony147US #15
#14Jacob147US #20
#15John133US #12
#16Jonathan130US #17
#17Kyle125US #18
#18Nicholas119US #14
#19Kevin116US #23
#20Steven116US #25
#21Brandon114US #19
#22William112US #16
#23Eric109US #24
#24Aaron107US #34
#25Zachary107US #22
#26Nathan101US #44
#27Jose97US #41
#28Richard97US #35
#29Cody96US #31
#30Jeremy92US #40
#31Jordan91US #29
#32Adam89US #32
#33Patrick85US #36
#34Brian83US #27
#35Thomas80US #26
#36Adrian77US #94
#37Tyler77US #21
#38Alexander76US #28
#39Carlos75US #75
#40Gabriel75US #100
#41Juan74US #61
#42Jesus72US #90
#43Samuel69US #45
#44Sean67US #37
#45Travis66US #42
#46Jesse65US #48
#47Mark63US #47
#48Jason61US #46
#49Timothy60US #30
#50Benjamin57US #33
#51Luis57US #66
#52Marcus57US #72
#53Stephen57US #39
#54Dustin54US #50
#55Derek53US #54
#56Dominic52US #188
#57Bryan51US #57
#58Kenneth50US #52
#59Manuel50US #134
#60Antonio47US #77
#61Charles47US #38
#62Ian47US #70
#63Mario46US #119
#64Paul46US #49
#65Isaac44US #132
#66Isaiah42
#67Nathaniel42US #86
#68Cameron41US #62
#69Ethan41US #58
#70Julian41US #123
#71Jared40US #63
#72Edward38US #68
#73Gregory38US #51
#74Mathew37US #148
#75Miguel37US #101
#76Raymond36US #92
#77Victor36US #82
#78Alex35US #59
#79Jeffrey35US #43
#80Scott35US #53
#81Vincent35US #78
#82Francisco34US #115
#83Shawn33US #69
#84Martin32US #113
#85Erik31US #96
#86Joe31
#87Peter31US #74
#88Phillip31US #81
#89Joel30US #95
#90Taylor30US #64
#91Austin29US #55
#92Casey29US #89
#93Gilbert29
#94Marcos29
#95Seth29US #102
#96Shane29US #73
#97Trevor29US #76
#98Cory28US #67
#99Dylan28US #83
#100Evan28US #71

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑32Marcus#52
↑30Ian#62
↑29Jasmine#39
↑27Jordan#31
↑25Gabrielle#65
↑23Adriana#63
↑22Mathew#74
↑20Sabrina#68

Falling

↓37Valerie#82
↓35Shane#96
↓30Erin#79
↓25Bianca#85
↓24Phillip#88
↓21Lisa#60
↓21Alexandria#84
↓20Brittney#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.